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He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. Blockade billy navy general library program downloadable. Blockade billy palm beach county library system overdrive. Buy blockade billy at nightfall books supernatural. The secret history of stephen kings baseball cards april 3, 2012 brian james freeman 10 comments as many of you know, lonely road books published a deluxe limited edition and a deluxe lettered edition of blockade billy by stephen king. In the leadup to opening day, indie publisher cemetery dance has just announced the release of blockade billy, a new baseballthemed novella from king.

Blockade billy baseball card back this is the back of a baseball card featuring william blakely. This 1st edition of blockade billy comes with the authentic william blockade billy blakely baseball trading card. Blockade billy prince william public library system. The first 10,000 copies of stephen kings baseball novella include a reproduction of the only known baseball card of billy blakely, the storys hero. Stephen king is an avid baseball fan, particularly of the boston red sox, and his love of baseball shows in blockade billy. William blockade billy blakely may have been the greatest baseball player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. Blockade billy a perpetually secondrate new jersey probaseball team in the late 50s the book has two short stories the baseballthemed title offering and a bonus tale, which couldve been called the love of money is the root of all evil though that lacks a certain grace with little loss of accuracy. Blockade billy was a great player, perhaps one of the best catchers of all time, but his existence has been wiped out of the record books because tragically billy wasnt what he seemed to be. They also had a limited slipcase available at an additional cost. Sommige edities gaven trouwens zelfs nog een baseball card als extraatje. Pages in category baseball novels the following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. Blockade billy by stephen king seller ergodebooks published 20100420 condition. This was part of the promotional material that came with the limited and lettered editions of blockade billy by stephen king produced by lonely road books and with the. This came shrink wrapped with a bonus william blockade billy blakely baseball card that looks like a topps 1957 card, very cool.

He was the firstand onlyplayer to have his existence completely removed from the record books. The secret history of stephen kings baseball cards. Stephen kings firstever baseball card personally hand signed by king as his way of signing this special limited edition. Best of all, this is one of just 1, 000 copies worldwide to include an authorized limited edition slipcase with the blockade billy home plate logo. First copies of the book included william blakelys baseball card. Also includes a copy of the authentic william blockade billy blakely baseball card cemetery dance printed for their 1st edition hardcover. Blockade billy lackawanna county library system overdrive. Ordering directly through our online store is the only way to. Blockade billy libraries southwest consortium overdrive. Blockade billy cobb county public library system overdrive. April 5, 2010 the first 10,000 copies of stephen kings baseball novella include a reproduction of the only known baseball card of billy blakely, the storys hero.

Blockade billy pinellas public library cooperative. Blockade billy idaho falls public library overdrive. Were only printing a small number of copies compared to what new york publishers print for a brand new book. What was included with the cemetery dance edition of blockade billy that wasnt with the scribner or hodder editions. First edition of an original stephen king novella and includes the blockade billy baseball card issued in midseason. It tells the story of william blockade billy blakely, a fictional baseball catcher. I love oldschool baseball, and i also love the way people whove spent a lifetime in the game talk about the game. The baseball story stephen king fans have been waiting for, this neverbeforepublished novella tells the story of one of the games best kept secrets. Cemetery dance will also be doing a second printing of 10,000 that is for libraries only. I tried to combine those things in a story of suspense.

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